5 new FIP diploma courses starting in 2025; Higher salaries for work-study graduates

SINGAPORE – More students will be able to obtain degrees from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) as the institute adds more such courses. And these ITE graduates earn a salary comparable to that of polytechnic graduates.

Five new diploma courses will be added in 2025 to the current 48.

With more diploma courses, around 15 percent of FIP graduates will be able to progress to a diploma qualification at the institute in 2025, up from 10 percent in 2023.

The new diploma programs are in the areas of community care, paramedicine, clean energy engineering, health and exercise training, and human resource management.

Announcing the new diploma courses on October 24 at the Institute’s Work Study Diploma (WSDip) graduation ceremony at ITE College Central, Second Minister of Education Maliki Osman said ITE will provide more students with the opportunity to improve your skills through the study and work route.

More than nine in 10 WSDip interns graduating in 2023 are employed full-time six months after graduation, Dr. Maliki added.

“Their average monthly salary is $2,850…comparable to that of full-time polytechnic graduates,” he said, adding that this is a significant jump from the average monthly salary of $2,000 they received at the start of the course.

With the new courses, the institute expects to receive 1,700 graduate students in 2025, compared to around 1,400 in 2024.

Students on the WSDip program, introduced in 2018, work full-time and attend courses at ITE simultaneously. Typically, it takes 2½ to three years for an ITE graduate to earn a degree.

Open primarily to ITE graduates, WSDip programs partner with nearly 900 companies that employ students and provide them with mentorship and work experience.

The WSDip programs in community care integration and management, paramedicine and human resource management, to be launched in 2025, will welcome around 85 students in total.

Two other degrees in the emerging sectors of clean energy and health, to be launched in 2025, will welcome 60 students.

The full-time technical engineer diploma in electrical engineering (clean energy) will be offered in partnership with the German Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports as well as Baden-Wurttemberg, a school for electrical engineering and renewable energy.